I feel like having to live with the guilt of having killed your own child is punishment enough.

It might make you feel better, but it is likely not very effective...

I didn't say it wasn't effective, but all it teaches is that mom or dad will hurt me if I do xyz. It doesn't teach them why they shouldn't beyond that, or what the proper outlet for frustration is. Then they often turn around and hit siblings or other kids when unhappy because smacking someone is how you show you…

If you were hit as a child, and you plan to hit your own children, you are not "perfectly ok." You are perpetuating the cycle of violence.

Sure, maybe you can, although it would depend on your state laws. And, studies show that it does not, in fact, help with development and will likely just teach your child that violence is okay.

Hitting a child in order to teach them that hitting is "not ok" is absolutely absurd.

This approach baffles me. You are teaching them that hitting is wrong... by hitting them? Mixed messages much?

Seriously. Child stars in general don't tend to do all that well (is this even still news), but she's a child REALITY star. How can she possible learn the difference between "on set behavior" and "regular behavior" when the set for her is everywhere?

Ignoring the behavior in a young child is a fairly common and successful strategy. Children can't always tell the difference between positive and negative attention. If you make a big deal about the hitting or other bad behavior they can learn to use it as an attention gaining technique. You have to judge what…

Agreed. It really grosses me out to see grown ass adults mocking an elementary school child with so much hatred.

Your 8 year old is also not a reality TV star that's been in the spotlight and exploited from a very young age. Calling an 8 year old a "pig brat" is seriously low.

There is no way to plan for that sort of thing, is there? And theres not really any survivable way of preventing it aside from living in a bunker made of pillows or something and never, ever leaving and never, ever letting your kids leave.

I'm horror-struck...I feel like someone hit me with a car reading this. Between this, the Munchausen by proxy story, and the new father being killed by a stray bullet, I just feel like if there was ever a God, he hates us now.

I had to take Hunter's Safety when I got my hunting license in high school — I don't know why all states don't make casual handgun owners take a basic safety course. It's public health, for christsakes.

Unfortunately, you are not more correct than science.

COULD happen to any parent != WILL happen to any parent.

According to neuroscientists this could happen to any parent. I suggest you reading more about this subject if you can stomach it. http://www.parents.com/baby/safety/ca…

He probably did think about the baby. He probably thought about the baby being at daycare.

This is a Michael Pollan thing. And actually not a terrible way to eat. Some people do better with guidelines to help keep their food choices in check.The goal is to create a healthy lifestyle that you will sustain.

So in a sense, Kerrygold is your lard and savior?